More Lil Quilt Project

 Yep, still enjoying working thru these donated tops that were generously given on behalf of Heartstrings Lil Quilt Project.  I don't forsee getting tired of quilting up these little gifts of love.

I have 3 baby quilt finishes to share this week from tops donated for this mission.  They were all free motion quilted using Glide or Omni threads and finish at 36 " square.  They will be donated to local service depts for families in need.

This first one was made by Kathy N.  I added a couple borders to make it a nice baby quilt size.  

These next 2 quilt tops were donated by Cindy W. of Indiana.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Aqua Table Topper

 This table topper was re-created from a pic seen online several years ago.  I called it Carol's Table Topper and I sure don't know who posted the original pic.  I've tried to be better about labeling my photos now.  I liked it so much, so I re-drew it in EQ in somewhat 9-patch sections, and I left out the outside corners that made it square.  I wanted it to lay over a little worktable I use next to my evening stitching station in front of the TV with DH.

I pulled some teals which seem to be one of my favorite colors, if it is possible to have a favorite color.  When you're a quilter, you tend to love them all.  I cut and pieced it last fall, then it sat. So recently  I finally stitched the free motion quilting with assorted designs in the different shapes.  Then came the binding.  So it sat sgain as I knew this would not be a pleasant job. Actually, it was worse than that....The task from Hades.  I thought I could tackle the inside corners and must confess it went awful!  Same with hand stitching down on the back.  It was horrible and I won't subject myself to this particular misery again.  Okay, we can't expect to be good at everything.  Only God is perfect.  Yay!

It measures 35 inches point to point. I used a few shades of Glide threads.

Here is the lovely fabric in the final dark border.  It photos darker than it truly is.  I couldn't find more of this fabric, evidently it is an old line, but I truly love this fabric with the teal and little gold specs.

This is a couple pics of it on my rolling work cart and the final pic is of the back.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 8-22-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Modern Baby Lattice Quilt Tutorial - Free Quilt Pattern - Darcy Quilts

the lively polka dot fabric for sashing really makes this quilt

Easy Rainbow Baby Bargello Quilt Pattern | Free PDF Fat Quarter Shop Exclusive | Fat Quarter Shop

                           I hadn't noticed this quilt pattern before because I avoid anything with "Rainbow"

                                         in it;  NOTE:  this cute pattern could be done in assorted shades of one

                                                            or two colors

SewCraftyJess: Tutorials

nice variety of projects; photos won't show up in flicker links

but all the text is there

Have yourself a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Strip Tango Q4K and a Lil Quilt Project

 I finished a quilt4kids project that was started very early this year.  The pattern is a free project offered by Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation.  The pattern is  HERE .

My Strip Tango finished at 46 x 54.  I gathered up some fat quarters and it worked up very quickly. I used a silver Glide thread and free motion quilted curvvy strings with loops and occastional stars tossed in.  It seems impossible to see the quilting with all these prints.  

I use an 80/20 batting for everything now.  The back is a fun fleece which complimented the top so nicely.  Photo was taken indoors so the true colors are not quite this dark.  I'm gifting this quilt to a good neighbor who is having her first granddaughter this November.

The  Lil Quilt Project this week is a top donated by Cindy W. of Indiana.  I've gotten so many tops to finish into quilts and I run out of steam coming up with individual names for the projects.  I'm calling this one Scrappy Red Bricks.

I quilted it with diagonal straight lines going in both directions; connecting all the corner points. I used an Omni burgandy thread in the top and gray Bottom Line in the bobbin.  The bottom corner is flipped so you can see the backing. It finished at 30 x 40 and will be donated to our community programs as a baby quilt.

I was a bit of a slacker in the sewing room this week.  I spent more time in EQ trying to come up with wonderful borders for some special quilt centers I want to get finished.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 8-15-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Tutorials | Leila Gardunia Quilt Patterns

several tutorials; many paper pieced patterns

townsquarepattern-web.pdf

very lovely scrappy reds with white quilt

Free Quilt Patterns - Create Whimsy

lots of quilt blocks and quilt patterns

Elven Garden Quilts: Tutorials

some quilts, some blocks and a bit of free motion quilting

Have yourself a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Baby Blues Batik

 I finished a quilt 4 kids this week.  The center portion was made from lots of leftover pieces from some gifted jelly roll strips.  I can't remember the name of the blog that sent them to me.  Initially I started a top by Alycia Quilts, which is not finished.

Okay  so these leftover strips were in my scrap bin and since they worked together so well, I had to dig deep in my stash to find other fabrics to compliment the light winter batiks.  Found a few pieces of other lights and even a couple bluish purples...for this one I did what I could with what I had to work with, which is a perfect challenge that I don't practice often enough.

This quilt finished at 46 x 54.  It has a fleece backing and I free motion quilted it with assorted designs in different areas with a Glide silver thread.  It went very well and quickly too.  It goes in my donation pile.  I even did a lengthy feather in the long side borders, which turned out much better than my last attempt at feathers, which turned into a vine of leaves.  Sometimes the brain has a mind of its own.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 8-8-2025

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

100+ Free Quilt Blocks | Build Your Library - The Sewing Loft

a nice collection of block patterns

Thimblemouse & Spouse: Tutorials & Freebies

Good Vibrations is a great 5 fat quarter quilt;

also a few small projects and a cute cat/Halloween block

Free Patterns – Tiny Orchard Quilts

a nice variety of free patterns;  go thru a shopping cart

Have yourself a great weekend.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Split 9 Patch Flimsy

 Never say never certainly applies to me.  I always said the Split 9-Patch block was one I didn't want to make.  Still,  I was encouraged to make this block, and 12 inch scrappy at that!, because of a block drive announced ages ago for the LA fire victims.  They asked for 12 inch blocks, all scrappy while still keeping each color family together.  

I chose 4 color families and began cutting from my scrap bins.  I cut 10 blocks from each color family.  My quilter friends helped me sew these blocks together in record time.  I thought why on earth did I make 40 blocks;  42 or 48 blocks would make a logical layout.

So this stack of blocks sat and sat until I decided I had too many unassembled flimsys hanging around  I took this box of blocks to sew day this week to lay it out and assemble.  Creating a pleasing layout from a mix of blocks is not my best skill.  

With one color of blocks, I began in the bottom left corner and started laying it out.  Imagine my delightful surprise when it just all came together on the first try!!  I love it and wouldn't mind making more. 40 blocks came out just right ...........  the columns are balanced and the size is 5 x 8 grid with 12 inch blocks make for a nice twin size 60 x 96 before any borders.

Here is one half of the top, after assembly; looking at it sideways.... it is 48 x 60.  This also makes a great quilt design.  I could make two of these from the blocks pictured above.  Another lesson learned.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 8-1-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiraiton today.

Hyacinth Quilt Designs: Charley Harper Quilt

I love this concept... showcase a favorite fabric; insert those

extra little blocks you made or make a memory quilt or

use a theme aka holiday

Products Archive - Page 2 of 3 - Patchwork Bliss

Pages 2 and 3 has a nice variety of free patterns;

need to use the shopping cart

Quilting Lines: Tutorials & Tips

tree skirt, christmas stocking, blanket,

quilting techniques 

Have yourself a great weekend.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Bear Hug Mission con't

 Mary Johnson, who initiated this project calls it the Little Quilt Project.  I should have stayed with that because some are little quilts to be wrapped around a stuffie and some are small baby or car seat quilts.  You can read about Mary's project  HERE .  This outreach has been very welcomed in my communities.

This week I have finished 4 little quilts. It helped me move the stack along by pairing all the remaining donated tops with batt and backings all ready to quilt on.

These first two quilts are I Spy type toppers donated by our Teresa G.   I quilted one with an orange peel grid which seems to be my favorite at this moment for quilting on smallish squares.  I quilted the other with straight lines going in several directions.  This little lion looks like he was attacked by a bobcat.

This sweet quilt top was donated by Kathy Nyman.  I quilted it with alternating lines in several directions.

This topper is baby size at 35 x 35.  It was donated by Cindy Weber.  If it's a block style with borders, I can't seem to keep it simple and so I fmq different designs in areas.  I was a bit rusty on the final border but I dont think a baby will mind.  I used a ruler for the straight lines.

Here is the back,  a colorful print because the colors went perfectly with the top.  I'm fussy that way.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 7-25-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Free Quilts Patterns | Riley Blake Designs

lots of great quilt patterns, many using panels

Free Patterns – Blue Calla Patterns

free patterns for designer bags, assorted sizes

Lets-Visit-the-Zoo-Cheryl-Adam.pdf

adorable child quilt with simple applique safari animals

Reverse Appliqué Unicorn Quilt Tutorial - WeAllSew

all the little girls love unicorns

fp_grow-with-me.pdf

lots of colorful basic blocks but cute, cute, cute

Wishing everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Purple Tops Q4K

 It seems I've been churning out tops the last couple months.  Time to get really busy with the machine quilting and get these moving on to their new families.

This first one I did probably in May but the fabrics didnt take well to an indoor photo, so I finally got an outside pic this morning.  I think it is 36 x 40 ish - a free pattern at Storied Quilts.  It truly is a 2-hour quilt.  Someday I plan to experiment with a few more fat quarters to make it larger.  You can get the pattern  HERE .

This little topper took longer to construct but it is really sweet.  It measures 42 inches square and it reminds me of buttons and bows, so I call it Purple Bows.  I used dimensions shared by our friend Dee of Stashbusters group.  I tried the traditional way of constructing, but dont enjoy that method, so I used the chisel die to cut my bricks with the angles cut off for me.  I then just had to fold in half to find the center and trim the ends down about one inch to make them come out square.  I used a pink with dotsTula print for the background and some purple.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 7-18-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

PATTERNS & TUTORIALS | Aunt Henri

holiday centerpieces, a few quilts

and videos on drawing faces

Free Patterns – Jinny Beyer Studio

Jinny Beyer shares many free patterns

Project Index - The Polka Dot Chair

pick a category and follow the rabbit hole

Wishing everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

More Lil Bear Hug Quilts

 I'm joyfully involved in the Bear Hug Project initiated by Mary Johnson of Heartstrings.  You can read about it  HERE  .  I've spent some time catching up with some of my larger projects and now I'm back to getting more lil bear hug quilts finished and donated.

These 2 lil quilt tops were made by Teresa G.  I quilted and bound them.  One is quilted with diagonal crosshatch and the other is quilted with orange peel design which seems to be my favorite at this time for quilting sets of squares.   The backing is from a stripe I had in the stash and the colors matched perfectly.

the back......

My next set of  lil bear hugs #'s 19 & 20;  these started as orphan test blocks and have been hanging around for several years.  I added some strips to bring them up to size

the backs are from pieces of fleece

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 7-11-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Freebies - Suzy Quilts

lots of free patterns here; I especially like Cincinnati,

Ahoy Sailor and Thru the Looking Glass

Scrap Fabric Projects Archives - Suzy Quilts

Start here to discover 7 pages of tutes with handy 

little projects

Freebies — Sharon Holland Designs

small items

Tutorials — Sharon Holland Designs

many useful tips

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Help Challenge Quilt - finished !

 I learned all my free motion quilting skills from Angela Walters at Quilting Is My Therapy  by participating in her semi-annual challenges.  She keeps all the video lessons on her you.tube channel where we hope they can live on forever.  I have re-visited videos many times.

My "Help-How Do I Quilt It" Challenge was started Summer 2024?  I started with her center panel and the first feather border.  I thought it too pretty to stop there, surely it should be queen size!  So I fussed over more border styles until I finally settled on this pieced ribbon style border.  It was alot of work but miraculously fit wonderfully around the quilt without adjustments.

Here is a post when I had the project pin basted; ready for quilting on my "hand-guided" sit-down Janome.  If I remember correctly,  I started quilting in the center, got about 2/3 of that portion  quilted; then took a detour to make christmas projects !  Why does christmas quilting always take you thru January of the new year?!

This quilt spent much time sitting on my sit down machine table while I indulged in the Lil Bear Hugs project.  So far,  that will be an on-going mission in my life.

Okay, I had to get past this project,  so I could move on.  I devoted more effort to its finish, all the while telling myself to quit making queen size quilts!!!  In Angela's honor,  I did quilt it to death, Lots of Glide threads.  It finished at 90 x 99 !  It sure feels bigger than that.  I forgot to get a photo of the back fabric, it is a wide back I got at my LQS.  I love these ones with multiple colors that can compliment so many designs from the tops.  The bobbin thread was Bottom Line white/silver.  I just took a quick shot of the back that you can see from the tote the quilt is stored in at the moment.

On with the show ..........  photo heavy .  While I'm fmq, I dont feel that confident, I just keep on.  But when its all done and I look back, I think "Did I really do that?"........  always amazed.

Let's begin with some close-ups; scroll to the end for the full quilt.

 

The full quilt  - most of it

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.